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02.10.21Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Sorrento (Lega Serie Bwin)This season is killing us. We're constantly running with only two fit strikers and one of those is ALWAYS a youth player..

06.10.21Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 2 Hellas Verona (Lega Serie Bwin)We went behind to an own goal, then Wesley Verbeek equalled it up. Having gone behind again, we again hauled ourselves level on 87 minutes as Giovanni Cristofari's first touch took him past the desparing goalkeeper and left him with a tap-in.

20.10.21Santarcangelo Calcio 5 - 0 AlbinoLeffe (Lega Serie Bwin)Interesting stat. By the end of this match, we had played them 5 times in my career. They had scored two goals and we had scored sixteen.. Marius Lupo opened the scoring, before Wesley Verbeek took centre stage with a hat-trick. Sebastian Mladen then topped it all off with a header.

23.10.21Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 3 Padova (Lega Serie Bwin)Verbeek out injured, we had just Lupo and a youth player up front. We paid the penalty.

Picking up after a few weeks away from FMCU. Saying you've had some bad luck is an understatement... that late extra time playoff defeat... the constant crash dumps... ouch. I'd have thrown the game in the bin after kicking the disc around in frustration if I ever had as many crash dumps as you have. I have no idea how do you find the motivation to persist regardless.

Unfortunately looks like your side is going backwards in results this new season, I'm quite surprised to see that. Serie B is proving a very long purgatory for Santarcangelo.. at least the youth players are good.

Picking up after a few weeks away from FMCU. Saying you've had some bad luck is an understatement... that late extra time playoff defeat... the constant crash dumps... ouch. I'd have thrown the game in the bin after kicking the disc around in frustration if I ever had as many crash dumps as you have. I have no idea how do you find the motivation to persist regardless.

Unfortunately looks like your side is going backwards in results this new season, I'm quite surprised to see that. Serie B is proving a very long purgatory for Santarcangelo.. at least the youth players are good.

Thanks man. I carry on because I'm enjoying it really. No other way!

It does look like the side is going backwards this season and it's worrying me! So far, I've spent 4 seasons per league, so I'm on the third season here.

02.11.21Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Lecce (Lega Serie Bwin)UNfamiliar strikeforce, but Amedeo Del Nevo put us in front, then set up Carlo Alberto Vinci to kill the game off with a second.

06.11.21Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Juve Stabia (Lega Serie Bwin)A horrible game for us where we took the lead thanks to Amedeo Del Nevo, then suffered injuries to Sergio Corallo and Stefano Guarardi before they equalised on 82 minutes.

20.11.21Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 Cremonese (Lega Serie Bwin)Amedeo Del Nevo's tap in continued his fine form and Wesley Verbeek's placed shot plus Giovanni Cristofari's late effort meant we had a good result with a hotchpotch side

23.11.21Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Piacenza (TIM Coppa Italia Fourth Qualifying Round)Marius Lupo made it an interesting game by getting himself a straight red for a studs-up challenge on 25 mins. However, Carlo Alberto Vinci hit a goal in each half to put us into the First Round proper..

27.11.21Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Nocerina (Lega Serie Bwin)Marius Lupo tapped home a rebound to put us 1-0 up, then Sebastian Mladen headed home to give us a win that took us into 4th

18.12.21Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Livorno (Lega Serie Bwin)Amedeo Del Nevo put us ahea with a stroke of sheer genius early on and, with just 10 minutes to go, Sebastian Mladen's header was palmed into the net for an OG.

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We finish 2021 in 2nd place in Lega Serie Bwin. Cant see any need for any incomings during this window except for maybe a loan striker. No outgoings either, unless my chairman has anything to do with it...

11.01.21Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 FC Internazionale (TIM Coppa Italia First Round)HOLY COW! We took the lead on 4 mins when Giovanni Cristofari slammed the ball home from an angle after being played in and then it was a backs-to-the-wall job. Yet, despite Inter's dominance of the stats, they had 0 shots on target. I was biting my nails by the end, but the final whistle blew and I had the greatest result of my managerial career to date!.

15.01.22Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 Reggina (Lega Serie Bwin)Sergio Corallo put us 1-0 up, but it was a case of 'After The Lord Mayor's Show' as we lost 1-2 to a late 30 yard swerving drive.

22.01.22Santarcangelo Calcio 5 - 0 Catania (Lega Serie Bwin)An own-goal set us on our way, before Wesley Verbeek's double and a goal from both Marius Lupo and his replacement Sergio Corallo put the seal on a fine victory

24.01.22Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 0 Catania (TIM Coppa Italia Quarter Final)Our second encounter in four days saw Wesley Verbeek give us the lead and goals from Mario Nosdeo, Cristian Pinton and Sergio Corallo put us into the Semi Final against AC Milan

29.01.22Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Piacenza (Lega Serie Bwin)A game where everything was against us. Loan siging Eric Gambella scored his first goal for the club, then was injured and had to be subbed. They scored on an offside goal via a bad deflection and then, in the 85th minute, we were denied a stone cold penalty, which I ranted about in the press after. No action was taken.

You write a thread full of 12 pages just for games like the away leg at the San Siro

Truth. However, I'm a wee bit apprehensive as to what a defeat will do to morale. Also, I would have rather got here when Midtable in Serie A TIM. Whilst it's a great run to the semis, it might impact us next year on expectations...

But still, you're right. An away match at the San Siro where one goal for us could change everything... It's scary, yet mouthwatering...

Best of luck for that San Siro match, could this epic giant-killing saga go even further? Very difficult but there are no impossibles in football.

Just a tip, the updates get a bit confusing because you never post where you're at in the league, simply finishing the update with a "Current league position: xth" would make it easier to follow, people are constantly asking it. The results there are looking a little inconsistent, I'm going to guess you're in a playoff position or only just out of it?

Best of luck for that San Siro match, could this epic giant-killing saga go even further? Very difficult but there are no impossibles in football.

Just a tip, the updates get a bit confusing because you never post where you're at in the league, simply finishing the update with a "Current league position: xth" would make it easier to follow, people are constantly asking it. The results there are looking a little inconsistent, I'm going to guess you're in a playoff position or only just out of it?

19.03.22Santarcangelo Calcio 5 - 3 Sassuolo (Lega Serie Bwin)NOT a game for the purist. Doubles for Wesley Verbeek and Sergio Corallo sandwiched an own goal from them and TWO from us.

23.03.22Santarcangelo Calcio e3 - 1 AC Milan (TIM Coppa Italia Semi Final, Leg 2)The fairytale continues! They took the lead early on, but just before half time, Sebastian Mladen volleyed home from a corner to tie it all up. It really was a midfield battle throughout the second half and neither side could find a winner. Extra-time came and the first half was much of the same. However, on 115 minutes, a long ball out of defence found Sergio Corallo all alone and his emphatic finish into the top corner gave us a priceless lead. Then, with just a minute left, Sebastian Mladen rose highest to head home and give the score a lopsided look, it barely deserved

26.03.22Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 0 Padova (Lega Serie Bwin)We destroyed the league leaders in this one. Amedeo Del Nevo scored the opener and Francesco Valentini headed home to double our lead. Then, after half-time, our 1-2 punch of Wesley Verbeek and Sergio Corallo sealed the rout and took us top on goal difference.

30.04.22Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Cremonese (Lega Serie Bwin)With our TIM Coppa Italia final looming, I played the ENTIRE reserves for this match to rest the guys for it. A penalty from Marius Lupo and a low fizzer from Erik Gambella gave us the win against the league's bottom club

02.05.22Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1e Fiorentina (TIM Coppa Italia Final)A cold, wet night greeted us in Rome for the TIM Coppa Italia Final. The game was very tit-for-tat, with a lot of long range shots going wide and not much action apart from a (rightly) disallowed goal by Giovanni Cristofari. A lot of yellows were given out and we lost Wesley Verbeek to a dead leg in the first half. Yet again, we took a Serie A TIM side to extra-time, however there was to be no fairytale ending as right on the stroke of HT in ET, a cross from the right was met by a flick-on header that looped agonisingly over Doria and into the net.. We poured forward, but to no avail. we'd lost, but the silver lining was we'd gained entry to the UEFA Europa League because Fiorentina had already gained UEFA Champions League football.

07.05.22Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Grosseto (Lega Serie Bwin)A cup hangover awaited us as we never got out of the blocks for this one.

14.05.22Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Torino (Lega Serie Bwin)This was a sickener. Torino took the three points and with it, guaranteed promotion.

29.05.22Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 3 Crotone (Lega Serie Bwin)Young midfielder Daniele Moruzzi scored his first senior goal on his senior debut, but that was the only bright spot as three second half goals saw us defeated yet again.

That damn TIM Coppa Italia final! Because of the confidence lost after that heart-breaking late defeat, we didn't get a point in our last 4 games and finished 3rd in Lega Serie Bwin. From 1st on the 1st May to 3rd and playoffs by the end. Gutted.

08.06.22Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 3 Padova (Lega Serie Bwin Playoff Final, Leg 1)0-3 down at half time after a woeful display to two 30 yard screamers and an own goal. I was livid. It was slipping away AGAIN!!! I tore into my team and just after half time, Sebastian Mladen buried a penalty in the far corner to reduce the deficit and later on, Wesley Verbeek slammed home from close range to bring the game back to 2-3. We face an uphill climb in the second leg.

12.06.22Santarcangelo Calcio e2 - 0 Padova (Lega Serie Bwin Playoff Final, Leg 2)Sergio Corallo; club legend, record league goalscorer, goalless in over 700 mins, rifled the ball past the Padova keeper on 7 mins to bring the tie equal. Game on. We both battled hard, Mirco Doria making three or four unbelievable saves from point blank range. End of 90 mins and extra time beckoned. We'd lost last year in ET, as well as the recent cup final... Could we do better? The answer was "Yes!" as Luca Buldrini, a product of the Santarcangelo youth academy, bulleted home a header on 95 mins to give us the win and finally let us into the promised land!